I've been living at a place with a pool since 2012, and have bought a couple of vintage boats during that time with plans of getting them up and running. That has yet to materialize for a number of reasons, and I finally became tired of it this year. I've had my eye on a Pro Boat Jet Jam for a really long time now but found myself not wanting to part with the $100 for one. My thought process was to use it for a summer as-is, and then transfer the electronics to my paddle wheel boat as they're a perfect match. The week before father's day Horizon Hobby marked them down to $75 but for some reason had them for even less on eBay. They were going for a mere $50 so I bought one.
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That was 10 days ago, and I'm still waiting for it.
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It should have been here twice over by now but they used the crappiest shipping option through FedEx they possibly could. Looking at their feedback, that seems to be a major complaint. Anyway, at least it will be here today.
The last time I bought a new current R/C was a Tamiya Mighty Bull from Tower which was somewhere between 2004-2006! I haven't bought anything from them or Horizon Since then as modern stuff isn't my cup of tea. Who would have thought?
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I tried buying some RC4WD pulling wheels from them late last year, and had a bad experience with that. I quickly found out they sell things they don't have in stock. I should have learned my lesson but couldn't pass up the $50 Jet Jam deal.
While frustratingly waiting, I started checking out all the off-brand 'Chinese sweatshop special' boat offerings on Amazon. I've never paid much attention to them due to the presumption they were worthless junk, and I guess still might be. I was very surprised though to see the specs were superior on some to the name-brand offerings like Pro Boat. It piqued my interest enough to buy one! I went with a Bezgar TX124 which showed up last Friday. I took it out of the box, and checked everything over this weekend, and my initial reaction is good. I plan on possibly running it today. The main reason for buying it though was the same as buying the Jet Jam, which is to get a complete set of RTR electronics on the cheap for my vintage boats. If I like it enough though, I may keep it as-is, and buy another one next year to poach the electronics out of.